The Star Tribune sale, again news
Former Strib staffer, Steve Yelvington’s thoughts on the sale notes: “There’s one other thing that’s different this time around. In 1998, the Powers that Be tried (without success) to control the story and release it for print-first publication. In 2006, the story was broken first on the Web.”

Staffers at ‘Star Tribune’ Struggle to Understand Sale
Strib staffer: “It was like, who? Everyone knows the whole industry is in play and that just about anything could happen, but nobody thought we could get sold. There’s a real sense of betrayal….”

Private group buys Star Tribune
Is this good news? Part of me says no. I’m kind of baffled why the sale happened, the Strib is a rockin’ paper and website (although, I have no clue about the profitability.) Is this a union thing?

2007 Digital Edge Finalists announced
Congrats all around

Everything I Really Need to Know about the Web…
John Robinson repurposes tips from the bestseller, “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” except for the web.

MultimediaShooter opens for business
Kinda an Interactive Narratives 2.0?

Wired 15.01: The Perfect Human
Whoa…”Dean Karnazes ran 50 marathons in 50 days. He does 200 miles just for fun. He’ll race in 120-degree heat. 12 secrets to his success.”

2006 Sites and Sounds (washingtonpost.com)
Washington Post says put the Year in Photos in your pipe and smoke it.

30 Predictions for 2007 in Media/Tech/Pop
Rex’s 2007 predictions… “21) Newspapers. More lay-offs, more shrinkage, more free weeklies, more navel-gazing.”

The Year in Online Video
The year in video recapped

Phil Lewis: What we’re reading — and where
A column about the debate of running the ‘most read’ web stories up top in the print editions. (via PJNet)

Newspaper Bias Study Questioned – Center for Media and Democracy
Newspaper Bias Study Questioned

YouTube – SNL Christmas Box Response: GETV Xmas Special
Best comment ever: “I want my click back”

Strupp’s Top 10 Newspaper Industry Stories of 2006
Online explosion is #1.